News & Events
October 2008
Emmy-Nominated Filmmaker to Visit DI
National and international award-winning filmmaker Hilla Medalia will visit the Documentary Institute on Monday, November 10 to screen and discuss her first feature documentary, To Die in Jerusalem. The film, which aired on HBO in 2007, looks at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of two mothers who lost their daughters in one deadly act of violence. The documentary recounts the heart-wrenching story of two teenage girls, 17-year-old Israeli student Rachel Levy, and her killer, 18-year-old Palestinian suicide bomber Ayat al-Akhras – who died together in a Jerusalem market in 2002.
In addition to receiving an Emmy nomination for best documentary, To Die in Jerusalem won a 2007 Peabody Award, a 2008 Fipa Special Jury Award, and a Jury Award at the 2008 Human Rights Film Festival in Paris
Medalia also served as senior producer of the award-winning documentary 39 Pounds Of Love. The film won the 2005 Ofir Award (“Israeli Oscar”) for best documentary and made it onto the Academy Award short list for best documentary film.
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